Tandem46
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So, there I was, living in Pascagoula MS last August and I find out I'm heading to Corpus Christi TX. I'm so excited because it means I'll be all the closer to all my buds at Hicks airfield, especially Jay Pratt. A quick call to Jay and Jay is as excited as I am. He says, "Carol and I will fly down to Corpus and visit you all the time. It'll be great!!"
Fast foward to present time, I've lived here in Corpus for six months and I've not seen hide nor hair of Jay or Carol. Mind you in the mean time I've flown my plane to Hicks from Corpus SIX times, flown twice commerically, and driven my truck once. The last time I was up there I asked Jay why he had yet to come visit me in Corpus and he said, "well, you're always up here, why should I fly down there!" OK, so he's got a point. BTW, truth be told, I haven't been going all the way up there just to see Jay and Carol, but rather to see Jayne, as in Jayne Roupe, Mike/Mary Reddick's neice(she's the event coordinator for the Hicks airfield pilots association
).
So, this past Saturday morning Jayne and I are getting up and getting ready (Jayne came down to Corpus to visit for the weekend) and we get a phone call from Jay and Carol. Jay says they are going to fly down to Heritage Airpark (20nm east of San Antonio) for a fly-in/BBQ and wanted to know if Jayne and I could fly up and meet them. He also mentioned that he and Carol might come down to Corpus after the fly-in and visit.
So, Jayne and I launch for the short 35-40 minute flight north to Heritage. it was a beautiful day and a great fly-in. On the way up there I told Jayne I was in disbelief that Jay was actually going to make it down to Corpus. I wasn't sure if he was just going to stop in for a bit or actually stay the night.
The fly-in itself was great, I heard about 70 airplanes showed up and they sold 250 plates of bbq. Paul Dye showed up from Houston and we all sat around and, well you know, talked about RV's and flying.
Jay's Borrowed Horse and my -7 at Heritage
Before we left I asked Jay and Carol what they had planned and they said they wanted to come down to Corpus and stay the night. I was shocked!! I couldn't believe my ears!! So off we went, with a tail wind for the barely 30 minutes flight home. Paul went southeast and we went south.
We flew fairly close to Jay/Carol all the way home, just in case they decided to make a break for it and turn around!
Once in Corpus (actually, I keep my plane at TP McCampbell airport over by Ingleside) we stuffed both planes in the hangar. BTW, who ever said a T-hangar can only fit one RV! I don't know how we did this with all my stuff in there, but we managed.
Actually I was tipped off by Bill Marcum (the only other flying RV in the area) that two seat RV's should fit(good call Bill!).
OK, so we're here, but we're not going to Corpus, we're going to Port Aransas. Port Aransas is where Jay used to hang out while in college just before the first world war. Or was that the 60's. Hmmmm! We'll go with the 60's. Jay had a buddy who owned a house in Port Aransas in the 1960's (the house is still there. I didn't get a photo of it but Jay did). They would play hooky from college and head south for surfing, drinking, and sight seeing.
Ok, so on with the story. First a quick ride across the FREE ferry to get across the intercoastal waterway.
Then some drinks at an outside bar near where Jay used to hang out. (He had trouble recognizing anything, so much has changed in 40yrs!!)
Apparently someone forgot to tell Jay and Carol that Corpus was 300nm SOUTH of Ft Worth, not NORTH. Was it cold??
Fast foward to present time, I've lived here in Corpus for six months and I've not seen hide nor hair of Jay or Carol. Mind you in the mean time I've flown my plane to Hicks from Corpus SIX times, flown twice commerically, and driven my truck once. The last time I was up there I asked Jay why he had yet to come visit me in Corpus and he said, "well, you're always up here, why should I fly down there!" OK, so he's got a point. BTW, truth be told, I haven't been going all the way up there just to see Jay and Carol, but rather to see Jayne, as in Jayne Roupe, Mike/Mary Reddick's neice(she's the event coordinator for the Hicks airfield pilots association
).So, this past Saturday morning Jayne and I are getting up and getting ready (Jayne came down to Corpus to visit for the weekend) and we get a phone call from Jay and Carol. Jay says they are going to fly down to Heritage Airpark (20nm east of San Antonio) for a fly-in/BBQ and wanted to know if Jayne and I could fly up and meet them. He also mentioned that he and Carol might come down to Corpus after the fly-in and visit.
So, Jayne and I launch for the short 35-40 minute flight north to Heritage. it was a beautiful day and a great fly-in. On the way up there I told Jayne I was in disbelief that Jay was actually going to make it down to Corpus. I wasn't sure if he was just going to stop in for a bit or actually stay the night.
The fly-in itself was great, I heard about 70 airplanes showed up and they sold 250 plates of bbq. Paul Dye showed up from Houston and we all sat around and, well you know, talked about RV's and flying.
Jay's Borrowed Horse and my -7 at Heritage
Before we left I asked Jay and Carol what they had planned and they said they wanted to come down to Corpus and stay the night. I was shocked!! I couldn't believe my ears!! So off we went, with a tail wind for the barely 30 minutes flight home. Paul went southeast and we went south.
We flew fairly close to Jay/Carol all the way home, just in case they decided to make a break for it and turn around!
Once in Corpus (actually, I keep my plane at TP McCampbell airport over by Ingleside) we stuffed both planes in the hangar. BTW, who ever said a T-hangar can only fit one RV! I don't know how we did this with all my stuff in there, but we managed.
Actually I was tipped off by Bill Marcum (the only other flying RV in the area) that two seat RV's should fit(good call Bill!).
OK, so we're here, but we're not going to Corpus, we're going to Port Aransas. Port Aransas is where Jay used to hang out while in college just before the first world war. Or was that the 60's. Hmmmm! We'll go with the 60's. Jay had a buddy who owned a house in Port Aransas in the 1960's (the house is still there. I didn't get a photo of it but Jay did). They would play hooky from college and head south for surfing, drinking, and sight seeing
. Ok, so on with the story. First a quick ride across the FREE ferry to get across the intercoastal waterway.
Then some drinks at an outside bar near where Jay used to hang out. (He had trouble recognizing anything, so much has changed in 40yrs!!)
Apparently someone forgot to tell Jay and Carol that Corpus was 300nm SOUTH of Ft Worth, not NORTH. Was it cold??
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